Word: spites
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...certainly is not the first time; nor does it lower the merit of the book as a whole. At a time when the value of cross-cultural generalizing is anything but certain, Spender risks his credibility in order to create a coherent picture of a highly complex relationship. In spite of the perils of such an occupation, he emerges with nothing worse than minor cuts and scrapes. And it was worth the risk...
...spite of such easy conclusions, the organizations are compatible in their positions on local issues, and spokespersons for neither group will rule out formation of short-term coalitions. It has been a long time since 1969, but both groups foresee another long haul, over which they must do their own work, separately if similarly...
...deepest difficulties of Ford's pardon is a confusion of two roles: his obligations as a Christian and his responsibilities as a just President. On the personal level, the quest for Christian perfection obliges one human being to forgive another not only without regard to contrition but in spite of continuing hatred. Jesus' injunction in the Sermon on the Mount to "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you" carries no conditions. But an official charged with the administration of justice cannot casually apply personal obligations to a public office. "If Jerry Ford...
...much respect for them to wish to have them associated with us in our college course. Many examples of the success of coeducation have been quoted, but it has had some results which are not so satisfactory, and the reports of these results have been carefully suppressed. In spite of all that is said to the contrary, coeducation in college is not a success in the highest sense of the word. Eagerness to persevere in it is a dangerous tendency in American society, and we sincerely hope that the day will never come when anybody will make the powers...
...into a cauldron of international contention. Gathered in Bucharest were 1,100 delegates from 141 countries for the United Nations World Population Conference. It was the largest intergovernmental meeting in history, convoked to devise ways of remedying the soaring overpopulation that is straining declining world food reserves. Yet in spite of the gravity of the issue, the sweltering delegates in Bucharest's airless, ovenlike Palace of the Republic seemed motivated more by national pride and ideology than concern for the hunger that already blights many poor nations...